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DesignandSimulationofMagicTeeandRingHybrid
CouplerusingAnsoftHFSS
ParulDawar
Dept.ofECE,GuruTeghBahadurInstituteofTechnology,RajouriGarden,NewDelhi,India
Abstract
HFSSisahighperformancefullwaveelectromagnetic(EM)field
simulatorforarbitrary3Dvolumetricpassivedevicemodeling.It
employstheFiniteElementMethod(FEM),adaptivemeshing,
andbrilliantgraphics.ThispaperreportsforMagicTeethata
signalincidentonthedifferenceportsplitsequallybetween
ports2and3,buttheresultingsignalsare180degreesout
ofphase.Also,RingHybridjunctionisafourportnetworkwith
a180degreephaseshiftbetweentwooutputportsbutitcan
alsobeoperatedsothatoutputportsareinphase.Boththe
structuresarefirstdesignedusingHFSSandthensimulated.
Keywords
Microwave,HFSS,Microstripcouplers,Activecircuits,Power
dividers
I.Introduction
AnsoftHFSSisthetoolofchoiceforhighproductivityresearch.
ItusesFiniteElementMethodwhichinvolvessubdividing
alargeproblemintoindividuallysimpleconstituentunits
whichareeachsolubleviadirectanalyticalmethods,then
reassemblingthesolutionfortheentireproblemspaceasa
matrixofsimultaneousequationsasahowninFig.1.

Fig.2:ConstructionaldetailsofMagicTee

Fig.3:ConstructionaldetailsofRingHybridCoupler
B.Principleofoperation

II.Designing

1.Amagicteeisafourport,180degreehybridsplitter,realized
inwaveguideasshowninFig.Likeallofthecouplerandsplitter
structures,themagicteecanbeusedasapowercombiner,or
adivider.Itisideallylossless,sothatallpowerintooneport
canbeassumedtoexittheremainingports.Port1isthe(sum)
port,andissometimescalledthe

A.Construction
LetusdesignMagicTeeandRinghybridcouplerasshownin

Hplaneport,andsometimescalledthePportforparallel.
Asignalincidentonport1equallysplitsbetweenports2and

Fig.1:ProceduretosimulatedevicesinHFSS.

Fig.andFig.respectively.

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Fig.4:MagicTee

3,andtheresultingsignalsareinphase.Ports2and3are
sometimescalledthecolinearports,becausetheyaretheonly
twothatareinlinewitheachother.Port4isthe(difference
ordelta)port,andissometimescalledtheEplaneport,or
theSportforseries.Asignalincidentonthedifferenceport
splitsequallybetweenports2and3,buttheresultingsignals
are180degreesoutofphase.

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Fig.6:Foroddmodeexcitation

2.RingHybridjunctionisafourportnetworkwitha180
degreephaseshiftbetweentwooutputportsbutitcanalso
beoperatedsothatoutputportsareinphase.The180degree
ringhybridcanbeconstructedinseveralformssuchasplanar
formorotherformslikewaveguideforms.

Fig.5:Forevenmodeexcitation
Nowconsideraunityamplitudewaveincidentatport4
(differenceport),asinFig.oftheringhybridjunction.Thetwo
wavecomponentsontheringwillarriveinphaseatportsand
3,withanetphasedifferenceof180degreebetweenthese
ports.Thetwowavecomponentswillbe180degreeoutof
phaseatport1.
C.StepsofConstruction
1.MagicTee
CreateTopArm
SelectthemenuitemDraw>Box
Usingthecoordinateentryfields,entertheboxpositionX:25.0
25.0,Y:10.010.0,Z:0.00.0,PresstheEnterkey

Fig.7:Toparm
CreateWavePortExcitation1
Pickingtheportface:
SelectthemenuitemEdit>Select>Faces
GraphicallyselectthetopfaceofthearmatZ=75mm
ToassignwaveportexcitationasinFig.
SelectthemenuitemHFSS>Excitations>Assign>Wave
Port
WavePort:General
Name:p1
ClicktheNextbutton
WavePort:Modes
ClicktheNextbutton
WavePort:PostProcessing
ClicktheFinishbutton

Usingthecoordinateentryfields,entertheoppositecornerof
thebaserectangle:
dX:50.050.0,dY:20.020.0,dZ:75.0,asinFig.
Firstconsideraunitamplitudewaveincidentatport1,asin
Fig.thesumport,oftheringhybrid.attheringjunctionthis
unitwavewilldivideintotwocomponents,whichbotharrive
inphaseatports2and3,and180degreeoutofphaseat
port4.Usingtheevenoddmodeanalysistechniquewecan
decomposethiscaseintoasuperpositionoftwosimplercircuits
whichareconsiderablyeasytoanalyze.

Fig.8:Assignwaveportwxcitation
SetObjectSelection
1.SelectthemenuitemEdit>Select>Objects
andCreateArm2asinFig.9andthen3and4asinFig.10.

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2.RingHybridCoupler
SetDefaultMaterial
TosetthedefaultmaterialasshowninFig.:
Usingthe3DModelerMaterialstoolbar,chooseSelect
SelectDefinitionWindow:
ClicktheAddMaterialbutton
View/EditMaterialWindowasinFig.:
FortheMaterialNametype:My_Sub
FortheValueofRelativePermittivitytype:2.33
FortheValueofDielectricLossTangenttype:4.29e4.29e4
ClicktheOKbutton

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Usingthecoordinateentryfields,entertheradius:
dX:22.345mm/cos(30*pi/180),dY:0.0,dZ:0.0,Pressthe
Enterkey
4.Usingthecoordinateentryfields,entertheheight:dX:0.0
,dY:0.0,dZ:2.286,PresstheEnterkeySegmentNumber
Window
NumberofSegments:6
CreateTrace
SelectthemenuitemDraw>Rectangle
Usingthecoordinateentryfields,entertherectangle
position
X:0.89154,Y:0.0,Z:0.0,PresstheEnterkey
Usingthecoordinateentryfields,entertheoppositecornerof
therectangle:
dX:1.78308,dY:22.345,dZ:0.0,asinFig..
Fig.15,Fig.16

Fig.11:

III.AnalysisResult
A.AnalysisSetupForMagicTee
1.SelectthemenuitemHFSS>AnalysisSetup>AddSolution
Setup
SolutionSetupWindow:
ClicktheGeneraltab:SolutionFrequency:4.0GHz
:MaximumNumberofPasses:5MaximumDeltaSperPass:
0.02Toaddafrequencysweep:
SelectthemenuitemHFSS>AnalysisSetup>AddSweep

AssignthePerfectEboundaryandCreateWavePortExcitation
asinFig.12

SelectSolutionSetup:Setup1
ClicktheOKbutton
EditSweepWindow:
SweepType:Fast
2.FrequencySetupType:LinearCount
Start:3.4GHzStop:4.0GHz
Count:1001
SaveFields:_Checked3.ClicktheOKbuttonAnalyze
Tostartthesolutionprocess:
SelectthemenuitemHFSS>Analyze

Fig.13:PerfectEboundaryandCreateWavePortExcitation
CreatetheremainingTracesandWavePortsasinFig.14and
innerringasinFig.15and16

Fig.17:ShowstheEfieldvectorsforsignalsenteringthesum
port
Fig.14

Fig.15

Fig.16

CreateSubstrate
SelectthemenuitemDraw>RegularPolyhedron
Usingthecoordinateentryfields,enterthecenterpositionX:
0.0,Y:0.0,Z:1.143,PresstheEnterkey

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TheDeviceisperfectlymatchedequalpowerdivision
PERFECTLYISOLATEDPORT3.

Fig.18:howthedeltaportexcitesopposingphasesinthe
COlineararms.
Thenextplotshowsthephaseofthetransmissioncoefficients
outtheCOlinearports,whendrivenbythedeltaport.Notethe
180degreedifference

Fig.21:Fig.showsthatthereis180DEGREESphasedifference
betweenoutputarms.
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2008.,APMC2008,Page(s):14,Anovelhybridplanar
SIWmagicTee.
[2]You,L.Z.Dou,W.B."MicrowaveandMillimeterWaveTechnology",
2007.ICMMT07.2007,pp.14,DesignAndOptimizationof
PlanarWaveguideMagicTeeAtWband.

Fig.19:phaseofthetransmissioncoefficientsouttheCOlinear
ports
B.AnalysisSetupforringHybridCoupler
1.SelectthemenuitemHFSS>AnalysisSetup>AddSolution
Setup
SolutionSetupWindow:
ClicktheGeneraltab:SolutionFrequency:4.0GHz
:MaximumNumberofPasses:20MaximumDeltaS:0.02

[3]Beyer,R.Rosenberg,U."MicrowaveSymposiumDigest",
2003IEEEMTTS2003,pp.12071210Vol.2,CADof
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andWirelessComponentsLetters",2005,pp.652654
,HybridringcouplerforWbandMMICapplicationsusing

AddingaFrequencySweepToaddafrequencysweep:
SelectthemenuitemHFSS>AnalysisSetup>AddSweep
SelectSolutionSetup:Setup1
ClicktheOKbutton
EditSweepWindow:
SweepType:Fast
FrequencySetupType:LinearStep:Start:2.0GHz
Stop:7.0GHz
Step:0.05GHz
SaveFields:_Checked3.ClicktheOKbutton

MEMStechnology
[7]ChunHsiangChiChiYangChang"MicrowaveConference",
2007,pp.548551,Acompactwideband1800hybrid
ringcouplerusinganovelinterdigitalCPSinverter.

ParulDawarreceivedherB.Techdegree
inElectronicsandCommunicationsfrom
GPMCOE,GGSIPU,India,in2005,the
M.TechdegreeinMicrowaveElectronicsfrom
DOES,DelhiUniversity,India,in2007.She
iscurrentlyAssistantProfessorinGuruTegh
BahadurInstituteOfTechnology,GGSIPU,
Delhi.HerresearchinterestsincludeElectro
magneticFieldwaves,OpticalCommunicationsandMicrowave
Electronics.ShehasauthoredtwobookstitledElectromagnetic
FieldTheoryandConceptsinElectromagneticFieldTheory
underKATSONpublications.Shehasattendedandpublished
variouspapersinNationalandInternationalConferences.

Fig.20:Fig.showsthatatdesignFrequency:

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